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Date:      Mon, 13 Oct 1997 20:27:45 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "Matthew D. Fuller" <fullermd@futuresouth.com>
To:        benedict@echonyc.com
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dwhite stumped
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.971013202454.3769D-100000@shell.futuresouth.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NXT.3.96.971013064358.3160C-100000@multivac.narcissus.net>

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On Mon, 13 Oct 1997, Snob Art Genre wrote:

I used to get this once in a while with Netscape; I believe this was only
with the 3.0 BSDi patched, not the new 4.0x native.  Never did figure out
what it meant, but it went away when I started using 4.0.  Of course, it
could be coincidence and completely unrelated to Netscape, but that's my
$.02.

> I, too, have been seeing this.  Does anyone know?
> 
> 
>  Ben
> 
> "You have your mind on computers, it seems." 
> 
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 1997 01:18:15 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
> Reply-To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
> To: "K. Marsh" <durang@u.washington.edu>
> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: spwd.db error messages
> 
> On Sat, 4 Oct 1997, K. Marsh wrote:
> 
> > I've been getting an error message ever since I installed FreeBSD, and I
> > still haven't figured out where it's coming from.  I must admit, it seems
> > obvious.  Any help is greatly appreciated.
> > 
> > Here's the message:
> > Oct  4 13:05:08 ken2 syslog: /etc/spwd.db: Invalid argument
> 
> If you figure it out, tell me.  My 2.2.1 box booted it out last month.
> 
> I don't think it's related to syslog.
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
> Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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